A plane crash in Columbia killed more than 70 people but had six people survive, including a goalkeeper who had a leg amputated.

The chartered aircraft was carrying a Brazilian soccer team to Colombia but crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport, officials said Tuesday.

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The chartered aircraft had 77 people on board, including many Chapecoense soccer players.

Goalkeeper Marcos Danilo Padilha was initially rescued alive, according to a spokesman for Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense. But he was being treated at a hospital and later died, the spokesman said.

Another goalkeeper, Jakson Follmann, was reported to be one of six survivors. Doctors in Colombia amputated his right leg.

"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where the chartered aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly before midnight on Monday local time.

Local media in Colombia reported that a male passenger had arrived in an ambulance to a hospital near Medellin after the plane crash. Blu Radio said the passenger arrived on a stretcher with an oxygen mask and covered in a blanket. He appeared to be alive.

It is not clear what caused the crash of the aircraft, which is a British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, but Colombia had been hit by heavy rains and thunderstorms in recent hours.

One of the possibilities authorities are not ruling out is that the chartered flight ran out of fuel before crashing, said the head of Colombia’s civil aviation agency. Currently, the main line of investigation is centered on a possible electrical failure aboard the craft.

Communication with Bolivian aviation officials suggested the plane was experiencing electrical problems, according to Alfredo Bocanegra who was speaking from the rescue command center.

Investigators are working to evaluate reported testimony from a female flight attendant who reportedly said the plane had run out of fuel.

Medellin's airport confirmed that the aircraft, which made a stop in Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil. The team was scheduled to play Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.

A video published on the team's Facebook page showed the team readying for the flight earlier Monday in Sao Paulo's Guarulhos international airport.

The South American soccer federation canceled all activities until further notice as a result of Monday's crash in Colombia of a plane carrying Brazilian first division team Chapecoense.

The CONMEBOL federation said in a statement that its president, Alejandro Dominguez, is on his way to Medellin.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says it is a "very, very sad day for football,” regarding the crash.

In a statement, Infantino says "we are so sorry to hear about the airplane crash in Colombia, it is shocking and tragic news. At this difficult time our thoughts are with the victims, their families and friends."

The vice president of the Brazilian first division soccer team Chapecoense, whose plane crashed in Colombia, says that the Brazilian city where the team is from is in tears.

Tozzo told cable channel SporTV that "we are very sad, gathered here in the locker room of our stadium. We are still waiting for news. All our board is there, our players. We have nothing concrete on their state."

He said that "There are a lot of people crying in our city, we could never imagine this. Chapecoense is the biggest reason for joy here. We hope there are many survivors, at least that most of them are OK."

Authorities are also working to help the team and families of victims, Brazil’s president said.

In a series of tweets Tuesday morning, Michel Temer says officials from the foreign ministry and aviation officials have been called to help.

He said that "the government will do everything possible to alleviate the pain" of family members of the players and journalists who died in the crash.

The first of the two-game Copa Sudamericana final was scheduled to be played Wednesday in Medellin between Chapecoense and Atletico Nacional.

The team, from the small city of Chapeco, joined Brazil's first division in 2014 for the first time since the 1970s and made it to the Copa Sudamericana finals last week by defeating Argentina's legendary San Lorenzo squad.